Combined chair and table



Jan. 20; 1925. 1,523,483

A. A. LINDSAY COMBINED CHAIR AND TABLE Filed Aug. 1922 Patented Jan. 20, 1925.

UNITED STATES T F F! til] COMBINED CHAIR AND TABLE.

Application filed August 29, 1922.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ANDREW A. LINDSAY, a citizen of the United States, residing at High Point, in the county of Guilford and State of North Carolina, have invented a new and useful Combined Chair and Table, of which the following is a specification.

This invention aims to provide in a chair which is so constructed that the back may be swung above the arms of the chair, to serve as a table, novel means for holding the back in an approximately horizontal position above the arms.

In the drawings Figure 1 shows in side elevation, a chair constructed in accordance with the invention, the back being so located that it will serve as the top of a table; Figure 2 is a vertical section, the back being in normal position; Figure 3 is a fragmental top plan of the structure shown in Figure 2; and Figure 4 is a fragmental front elevation.

The chair forming the subject matter of this application comprises a main frame 1. Arms 7 form part of the frame 1.

The chair embodies a back 10, comprising a main member or plate 11. T-shaped brackets 14 are provided, each bracket including av head 15 and a shank 16 projecting from the head, intermediate the ends of the head, the heads of the brackets being secured to the main member 11 of the back 10. The shanks 16 of the brackets 14 are pivoted at 18 to the frame 1 of the chair. Latches 21 are pivoted at 22 to the heads 15 of the brackets 14 adjacent to the rear ends of the heads. hen the back 10 is swung into a horizontal position, as shown in Figure 1, the latches 21 swing automatically into position, between the main member 11 of the back and the arms 7, the latches engaging the arms, to prevent the back 10 from swinging in the direction of the arrow A in Figure 1, the back thus being locked in position to serve as a table top. The rear edges of the latches 21 are convexed, as shown at 23, and the latches, therefore, are so counterweighted that they will tend to swing into Serial No. 585,029.

the depending vertical position shown in Figure 1.

The latches 21 are pivoted to the back 10 for unrestrained movement, meaning thereby that no stops are used to limit the movement of the latches. The main member 11 of the back 10 has lateral extensions 11 projecting beyond the brackets 14, the latches 21 being pivotally mounted on the back in close relation to the brackets and beneath the extensions, thereby to render the latches inconspicuous. and accessible readily when the hand of an operator is slid along the heads 15 of the brackets 14 when the parts are arranged as shown in Figure 1.

hat is claimed is 1. A chair comprising a main frame including arms, a back pivoted to the main frame and adapted to be swung above the arms into an approximately horizontal position and to be supported above the arms, and a latch pivoted to the back for unrestrained swinging movement and so weighted as to swing into a depending position between the back and one of the arms, when the back is swung above the arms, thereby to retain the back in an approximately horizontal position.

2. A chair constructed as set forth in claim 1, and further characterized by the fact that the back comprises brackets pivoted to the main frame, and a main member extended between the brackets and including a lateral extension projecting beyond one bracket, the latch being pivotally mounted on the back inv close relation to said bracket and beneath the extension, thereby to render the latch inconspicuous, and accessible readily when the hand of an operator is slid along said bracket beneath the extension.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own, I have hereto aflixed my signa ture in the presence of two witnesses.

ANDREW A. LINDSAY. Witnesses R. E. ANDREWS, NORA L. ANDREWS. 

